Artwork Files
An Artwork File gathers everything we can verify about one artwork: who made it, when and where, the artist’s own photos, local news, official records, and whether it is still there. Every fact links to its source and carries a label from How We Verify Art.
The files
Two of these four works are gone. The files show how and when, from dated sources.
StandingThomas Dambo · Clinton, Iowa · 2026 · 16 confirming sources
Local press gave the build dates, the $68,000 grant and 94,000+ visitors in three months.
StandingSeth · Aalborg, Denmark · 2019 · 12 confirming sources
Danish local news told the story of the unplanned second wall; a making-of video exists.
Gone 2020Ella & Pitr · Stavanger, Norway · 2015 · 10 confirming sources
City building records: the house was No. 9, not 12 as Nuart says, and was torn down in May 2020.
GoneElla & Pitr · Quadrivio di Campagna, Italy · 2015 · 7 confirming sources
Satellite images show it gone by 2018; the square is now a €1.69 million park build, about half of it EU recovery money.
How a file is made
- Start from a photoEvery file begins with a work we have published on World Art Utopia or Street Art Utopia.
- Only confirmed worksWe make a file only when at least three independent sources confirm the work.
- Local sources firstLocal news in the local language, city and festival records, the artist’s own posts and videos, and archived copies of news links.
- Is it still there?The newest dated photo, satellite and Street View history, and official records decide the status. “Still there” always has a date.
- Checked before it goes upEvery quote, date and link is checked against its source before a file is published.
Seen one of these?
Each file ends with open questions. If you know an answer or have a dated photo of the work, leave a comment on that file.
Artwork Files · last updated 29 September 2026 · Certainty labels follow How We Verify Art.